Aquatic pollutants produce multiple consequences at organism, population, community and
ecosystem level, affecting organ function, reproductive status, population size, species …

Contemporary environmental challenges have emphasized the need to critically assess the
use of bivalve mollusks in chemical monitoring (identification and quantification of …

Most estuaries receive a high heavy-metal input from industries. This is reflected in the
relatively high levels found in numerous estuarine organisms and in sediments. Many …

Biomonitors can be used to establish geographical and/or temporal variations in the
bioavailabilities of heavy metals in the marine environment, offering time-integrated …

Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine
ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology …

We chronicle the extensive influence over the past forty years of Professor Edward D.
Goldberg and his call in 1975 for a “Mussel Watch” or bivalve sentinel organism approach to …

Ecology of Estuaries represents the most definitive and comprehensive source of reference
information available on the human impact on estuarine ecosystems. The volume discusses …

As employed here, the term biomonitors denotes those aquatic species which accumulate
trace metals in their tissues and may therefore be analysed to monitor the bioavailability of …

1 Ecotoxicology is concerned ultimately with the effects of pollutants on populations not
individuals. Sub-lethal effects, and changes to the environment, can have a greater impact …

Normal and pollution-enhanced oxyradical (O 2-, H 2 O 2,· OH)* production in molluscs have
been reviewed and discussed. Additionally, data are presented on the antioxidant enzyme …